Truro, St Mary

St Mary's, (Cornish: Truru Sen Maria), is the ancient parish of Truro; it now contains the cathedral and
central part of the city. Originally it comprised the old municipal borough of
Truro, which was situated in the Deanery and
Hundred of Powder. The parish is situated at the junction of the Kenwyn and
Allen rivers and having an outlet to the sea on the south Cornish coast, it was
for a long time a busy port and centre of commerce. In 1877 Truro was granted
city status and three years later the foundation stone of the cathedral was
laid. This was the first cathedral to be built in England since 1710, a site
being chosen right in the centre of the town incorporating part of the 16th
century parish church of St.Marys.

There was originally a church burial ground but this was very small. A new
cemetery at the northern extremity of the borough was consecrated on 15th July
1780, to which an addition was made in 1805. The Cornwall Family History Society
have
published Monumental Inscriptions for St Mary's Parish Church - 2986 entries.
St Mary's cemetery no longer exists, and a municipal burial ground was
opened in the 19th century (see Truro City).

Census information for parishes in this town (1841 - 1901) is held in the
Cornwall Record Office. The Cornwall Family
History Society offers a census search service for its members. The Cornwall Family History Society have also published on-line census detail by surname on the FamilyHistoryonLine site.

The New Zealand Society of Genealogists have compiled separate surname
indexes of the 1851 Census for each Cornish registration district; Truro, St Mary is listed
in Volume 19. The booklets are available in Cornwall at the
Cornwall Centre, (formerly known as the Cornish Studies Library), and is
also available in the Cornwall FHS Library.

1861. The 1861 Census of Truro, St Mary, (RG9/1558) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:

Anglican. The parish
church is located in OS Grid Square SW8244 and was dedicated to St Mary.
The church was first consecrated on 28th September 1259 by Bishop Bronescombe,
and on 6th November 1328, Bishop Grandisson dedicated a major rebuilding. The
church was rebuilt again and completed around 1518. The 16th century church had
comprised a chancel, nave, north and south aisles, an organ loft, a Grammar
School gallery, a north gallery and a vestry. The church was dismantled in 1880
when the construction of Truro Cathedral
was begun, the new building was grafted onto St Mary's Church. The remains of the church, incorporated into the Cathedral, are now known as St Mary's aisle. The Cathedral's three spires soar over the city and are now a well-known landmark.Details about the plans of St Mary's church (Catherdral) are available on-line.

Non-Conformist. The
Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel in Union Place in 1830. (see also entries
under Truro City).

ePodunk's Cornwall page - providing general, plus some historical and genealogical information, about Cornwall and its parishes, together with links (mainly relating to general sites and services, rather than ones that are specific to Cornwall or particular parishes).

The parish and town tithe maps, and accompanying survey books of c1840, provide a fascinating snap-shot of land use and ownership in the 19th century. In order to preserve the documents and improve access to them, the Cornwall Record Office are digitising these maps and survey books. The CD ROM tithe package include a map and survey books, together with a reader, for this town; it is now available from the Cornwall Record Office. Details are on their website.

Truro St Mary is the original ancient parish of Truro.
Population figures are listed under Truro City, which was known as Truro Urban District. The following figures are the population of the parish of St Mary's which are
part of that total:

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